Department of Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States; The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
J Clin Lipidol. 2021 May-Jun;15(3):488-499. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2021.03.004. Epub 2021 Mar 17.
Previous studies report that first pregnancy is associated with persistent decreases in HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) concentrations.
This study evaluated factors associated with declines in HDL-C concentration in parous and nulliparous young women.
This study leverages data from African-American and white women from the NHLBI Growth and Health Study. Parity-related changes in lipids, BMI and percent body fat were assessed longitudinally. A subset of primiparous and nulliparous women with paired lipid measurements were analyzed regarding changes in HDL-C concentrations.
Among 870 women in longitudinal analyses, African-American women had higher parity (p<0.0001), with baseline measurements of each parity group being similar. HDL-C concentration decreased significantly and remained lower after the first pregnancy, while BMI and percent body fat increased with increasing parity. In the subset of 401 women, HDL-C concentration decreased among primiparous women (-4.81 ± 0.93 mg/dl), with no overall change in nulliparous (p = 0.003). In both groups, greater HDL-C concentration declines were independently associated with higher initial HDL-C concentration and greater increases in BMI (both p<0.0001). Among primiparous women, younger delivery age (p = 0.0001) and birth control use (p = 0.004) were associated with greater HDL-C concentration decline. Nulliparous white women's HDL-C concentration increased over time, with no change in African-American women (p = 0.008); no racial difference was seen in primiparous women.
Persistent decreases in HDL-C concentration were associated with the first pregnancy, and were greater with higher initial HDL-C concentration. Racial differences in HDL-C concentration emerged over time in nulliparous women, but not primiparous women. Potential impacts of these findings on women's long-term cardiometabolic health should be evaluated.
先前的研究报告表明,首次妊娠与高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(HDL-C)浓度的持续下降有关。
本研究评估了与经产妇和初产妇年轻女性 HDL-C 浓度下降相关的因素。
本研究利用 NHLBI 生长与健康研究中来自非裔美国人和白人女性的数据。纵向评估与脂类、BMI 和体脂百分比相关的生育变化。对具有配对脂质测量值的初产妇和经产妇亚组进行了 HDL-C 浓度变化的分析。
在 870 名进行纵向分析的女性中,非裔美国女性的生育次数更高(p<0.0001),每个生育组的基线测量值相似。HDL-C 浓度显著下降,并在首次妊娠后保持较低水平,而 BMI 和体脂百分比随着生育次数的增加而增加。在 401 名女性的亚组中,初产妇的 HDL-C 浓度下降(-4.81±0.93mg/dl),而未产者没有总体变化(p=0.003)。在两组中,初始 HDL-C 浓度较高和 BMI 增加更大与 HDL-C 浓度下降幅度更大独立相关(均 p<0.0001)。在初产妇中,较年轻的分娩年龄(p=0.0001)和使用避孕药(p=0.004)与更大的 HDL-C 浓度下降相关。初产妇中,黑人女性的 HDL-C 浓度随时间增加,而白人女性没有变化(p=0.008);初产妇中没有观察到种族差异。
HDL-C 浓度的持续下降与首次妊娠有关,并且与初始 HDL-C 浓度较高有关。初产妇中,随时间推移,非裔美国女性的 HDL-C 浓度出现差异,而初产妇中没有差异。应评估这些发现对女性长期心脏代谢健康的潜在影响。